AROUND THE AL: Schilling reaches 200-victory mark

Verlander helps Tigers win for 15th time in 16 games

Chronicle News Services

Published
5:30 am CDT, Sunday, May 28, 2006

BOSTON - One quick tip of the cap wasn't going to be enough for Curt Schilling this time.

Long after the final out, and long since he left the game, Fenway Park reverberated with chants of "We want Curt!" The Red Sox righthander finally popped out of the clubhouse to acknowledge the fans — none more excited than the son he named after Lou Gehrig, who turned 11 on Saturday night and asked for victory No. 200 as a present.

"The number's awesome, and I'm very proud about it," Schilling said after pitching seven up-and-down innings to beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6-4 and become 104th member of the 200-win club.

Schilling (8-2) allowed four runs and eight hits while striking out seven for his fourth victory in five starts.

In other games

•
Tigers 3, Indians 1—

Justin Verlander
pitched seven impressive innings to win his fourth consecutive start, and
Magglio Ordoñez
hit a two-run homer to help host Detroit win its eighth straight game
It was the Tigers' 15th victory in 16 games.

• Angels 10, Orioles 1 —Jered Weaver pitched seven shutout innings in his major-league debut with older brother Jeff watching from the Angels' dugout as Los Angeles beat visiting Baltimore.
Jered Weaver (1-0) gave up three hits, walked one and struck out five for Los Angeles, which won its season-high fourth straight game.

• Athletics 6, Rangers 3 —Barry Zito pitched 7 1/3 strong innings and continued his success against Texas to help Oakland snap a season-high seven-game losing streak.
Zito (4-3) allowed three runs and four hits. He improved to 10-1 for his career in Arlington and is 16-3 against the Rangers.

• Blue Jays 3, White Sox 2 —Shea Hillenbrand homered in the 11th inning to give Toronto a win over visiting Chicago.
With one out, Hillenbrand homered to left off Jeff Nelson (0-1). It was Hillenbrand's seventh homer of the season.

• Twins 9, Mariners 5 — Host Minnesota turned the majors' second triple play in 13 days to end a serious threat in the eighth inning, and Michael Cuddyer and Juan Castro homered.